l started this 8 team solo league in January 2014 and only managed to play 17 of 56 games. So after settling in our new house and the baby now up and running about l will finish the league season over the next couple of months. lt will pass the long dark evenings. So l will bring you up to date on teams, bases, results and tables before l commence later on this evening.

Up to date table above.
l had to re enter the teams into fixturelist.com because 12 months of inactivity had expired. So some of the upcoming fixtures have already been played. But as l play the fixtures round after round, l just enter the result of the match that was played last January. l hope you follow!
The interesting fact from the table above is that the 2 bottom teams are on the new subbuteo bases, where as the rest are on Parodi, superfooty and one piece hasbros. Anyway there is only 3 points separating the top 6 with one more round till we're half way. League cup 1st RD 1st leg tomorrow evening. Stay tuned!

All good results for the away teams apart from Arsenal.
They came up against a Spurs team who are now playing
on Zeugo bases - There was too many colour clashes between
Everton, Chelsea and Spurs. An unpolished Zeugo base can curl
so thats good enough for Subbuteo. Spurs have a huge advantage
now with their new shooting power!

Second legs to be played next week. Its back to the league action this evening.

Gaps are starting to open up now but with 5 rounds still to play its not over by a long shot.
Only 7 points separate the top 6. The 2 teams on the new subbuteo bases still remain at the bottom.

Its back to League Cup action tomorrow night. Its the 2nd leg of the 1st round matches. Away goals will count after 90mins.
There will be no extra-time but straight to penalties, from the shooting line, if need be.

All good results for the away teams apart from Arsenal.
They came up against a Spurs team who are now playing
on Zeugo bases - There was too many colour clashes between
Everton, Chelsea and Spurs. An unpolished Zeugo base can curl
so thats good enough for Subbuteo. Spurs have a huge advantage
now with their new shooting power!

Second legs to be played next week. Its back to the league action this evening.

Chelsea and Spurs have gained ground on the leaders Liverpool
over the last 2 rounds of matches. Newcastle have faded away,
dropping from 3rd to 3rd from the bottom. You could say that with
3 games to go and only 4 points separating them, its now between the top 4.
Arsenal and Newcastle need miracles at this stage. This is not likely as they both
have 2 away games remaining.

So we enter the last week of The Donegal Subbuteo Solo League. The 4 remaining fixtures in the league and the 2 cup finals will be played this week. Below is the league table going into those final round of fixtures.

Newcastle v Spurs
Man C v Liverpool
Everton v Man Utd
Chelsea v Arsenal
Going by these fixtures, you would have to think that its looking very like its Chelsea's title. So will another chance to win the league slip away from Liverpool? But should they miss out, they have two cup finals to look forward to.

With Liverpool away(2 flicks) to Man City (3 flicks) and Chelsea at home (3 flicks) to out of form Arsenal, it was Chelsea's to lose. Both teams started the day level on points so it was going to be tense from the off. Chelsea comfortably saw off a poor Arsenal side 3-1 who were left rocking on their rounded bases, they must be wondering why they switched from the New Subbuteo bases at all. They will be back on the New Subby bases for the new season. Meanwhile Liverpool went down by the same score at Man City. So Brendan Rodgers and his reds narrowly miss out on the chance of another title! This was the 5th meeting of Liverpool v Man C this season- twice in the league and 3 cup games. Arsenal's decline has been incredible since they switched to the more rounded of the hasbro bases. They fell from a high of 3rd after 4 games to taking only 6 points from their remaining 10 games. There were more positive improvements from the other teams who switched bases after the league resumed-Man c went from L/W to superfooty and managed to reach 2 cup semi-finals. Newcastle who had only 1 point after 4 games gained 18 points in their last 10 games, they switched from L/W to the hasbro one piece similar to Chelsea.

So in conclusion, to make a league fairer and more of a level playing field for everyone, the new league will consist of all bases being as similar as possible.
There is also the possibility of 2 more leagues being played next season. A European Champions league played on modern bases- sureshot, total soccer, zeugo. And a L/W league.

The league cup final, Everton v Liverpool will be played tonight, Fri 6th Mar.
Tomorrow evening sees the FA Cup final between Liverpool and Chelsea. Chelsea are going for a league and cup double, where as Liverpool will be hoping to complete a cup double. Highlights of this FA Cup final will hopefully be available on YouTube. Will post the link if successful.